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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu Jan 8, 2026, 06:58 AM Thursday

Heritage paper on families calls for 'marriage bootcamp,' more babies [View all]

Source: Washington Post

Heritage paper on families calls for ‘marriage bootcamp,’ more babies

The conservative think tank aims to boost U.S. marriage and birth rates through recommendations to discourage online dating, restrict pornography, create tax credits for bigger families and more.

January 8, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. EST 55 minutes ago


A banner of President Donald Trump hangs on the western face at the Heritage Foundation building near the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Tom Brenner/For The Washington Post)

By Brianna Tucker and Jacob Bogage

A conservative think tank tied to the architects of Project 2025 is rolling out a sweeping set of policy proposals aimed at reshaping American families and promoting marriage and childbearing between heterosexual couples, according to a draft report obtained by The Washington Post.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/08/heritage-report-promote-marriage-births/

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Just what sane people don't need or want - Think Tanks in their bedrooms bucolic_frolic Thursday #1
How About A "Mind Your Own Fucking Business" Bootcamp for the Heritage Foundation . . . hatrack Thursday #2
would they please stop meddling with american families. rampartd Thursday #3
Germany had similar stuff 90 years ago IronLionZion Thursday #4
The Soviet Union, especially under Stalin, did the same thing. eppur_se_muova Thursday #31
After killing off millions of people they didn't like through starvation IronLionZion Thursday #35
Children for Hitler dalton99a Thursday #5
Sonnenkinder get the red out Thursday #23
"...racially valuable stock" 3catwoman3 Thursday #27
"Heritage paper on families calls for 'marriage bootcamp,' more white babies" Ray Bruns Thursday #6
aka forcible rape centers. nt Javaman Thursday #7
I got my vasectomy at Planned Parenthood for only $400. saved me millions. multigraincracker Thursday #8
Free daycare ... kerouac2 Thursday #9
Exactly this Ferryboat Thursday #21
No, they will just make it illegal for women with young children to work outside the home DBoon Thursday #28
Fewer women are bothering with marriage and kids, period. valleyrogue Thursday #39
But only for white people Ferrets are Cool Thursday #10
This came right out of the nazi playbook. MLWR Thursday #11
Hey, give Stalin his due ! (see my post #31) eppur_se_muova Thursday #32
Any solution except raising salaries for working families Random Boomer Thursday #12
Excellent point PatSeg Thursday #17
Many young women aren't bothering to marry, let alone want kids. valleyrogue Thursday #40
And there are many people who should PatSeg Thursday #42
Absoluely! get the red out Thursday #24
This proves the value of history. ReRe Thursday #13
Another step toward a fascist dictatorship. patphil Thursday #14
How about encouraging more births by giving young couples hope that their children will not inherit a destroyed country LaMouffette Thursday #15
This... Ollie Garkie Thursday #34
I decided I didn't want kids, then later in life I regretted it (just a little bit), but NOW I'm glad I never brought LaMouffette 18 hrs ago #44
Fewer and fewer women are bothering to marry and have kids. They LIKE being alone and having their own valleyrogue Thursday #38
Yup! I can't blame them. Patriarchy is an evil force. This is why the white Christian nationalist racists are so worried LaMouffette 18 hrs ago #43
They seem to forget we are Americans and all during our lives we have been told samnsara Thursday #16
Incel think tanks Historic NY Thursday #18
The Heritage foundation was always an anti-communist right wing propaganda outlet. the irony here is that they are Martin68 Thursday #19
Some say no to kids because of 1) life and health of mother is being disregarded, 2) economy and 3) fascism lostnfound Thursday #20
To be fair angrychair Thursday #22
In other words... OldBaldy1701E Thursday #25
I've always wondered how that building is still standing tonekat Thursday #26
Immigrants tend to have more kids than native-born Americans Jose Garcia Thursday #29
They're forgetting one important point. No sane woman wants to hop in the sack with a Republican. Vinca Thursday #30
Sadly, there's no big shortage of insane women -- just look at Trmp's cabinet. eppur_se_muova Thursday #33
It is a deal breaker for many, many single women, both younger and older. valleyrogue Thursday #41
Under His Eye NickB79 Thursday #36
There's no going back to the 1950s, valleyrogue Thursday #37
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